aquaculture Articles
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Sea Grant's role: sharing with the community the goal of fostering ecologically-sound, and economically-viable, aquaculture
US aquaculture is one of the fastest growing segments of US agriculture; however, as aquaculture expands, a number of environmental, regulatory, and socioeconomic concerns threaten to constrain further development of the industry. This presents unique challenges to the Sea Grant network. Although Sea Grant encourages the commercial development of aquaculture, it must work with local communities ...
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A conceptual framework for the sustainability assessment procedures of the shrimp aquaculture industry in coastal Bangladesh
Shrimp aquaculture is now establishing itself as an important aquaculture industry in coastal Bangladesh. However, the benefit of this industry is concentrated to only the interests of a specific group of people who contribute a significant amount of foreign earnings to the nation, while the present development process is posing a challenge to the coastal sustainability, as well as the industry ...
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Emerging Trends in the Aquaculture Industry
The first installment in the series “Happy Fish – How Aquaculture Operators are Growing Better Fish.” It’s important for any aquaculture business to stay on top of the leading industry trends in order to be successful. However, it can be daunting to to know where to start or who to turn to for advice. After all, time and money is a precious ...
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Management and Prevention of Stress in Aquaculture with a Focus on Farmed Shrimp
Introduction: Over the last twenty years commercial aquaculture has experienced spectacular growth. A significant component of the fish and shrimp based protein that humans consume, especially in first world countries, is now provided by these activities. Many species have gone from small-scale regional production to large-scale global production. Concomitant with this rapid growth there also has ...
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The advantages and disadvantages of culturing fish.
The advantages and disadvantages of culturing fish. Experts develop practical recommendations for decision-makers, scientists and producers for a sustainable development of Mediterranean aquaculture. Human demand for fish is growing steadily. With fisheries decreasing worldwide, aquaculture is becoming an important socio-economic alternative and a source of proteins and healthy oils. ...
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What are the impacts and solutions to rising feed ingredient prices for aquaculture?
Our world population is climbing, and agriculture must rise to the challenge of producing a much larger portion of daily food intake for that population. One option that is gaining popularity is aquaculture, which provides much greater yields at lower inputs than harvesting a dwindling wild population of edible fish. But rising feed ingredient prices are beginning to have an impact on the ...
By BESTMIX
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Future Brief: Sustainable Aquaculture
Is sustainable aquaculture possible? Aquaculture is facing a new era of expansion in Europe. What are the environmental implications of this, and how can the sector expand sustainably? This Future Brief from Science for Environment Policy presents an overview of research into aquaculture’s impacts, and considers how it could develop in harmony with environmental goals. The EU’s Blue ...
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How to Choose The Right Aquaculture Geomembranes?
Every aquaculture pond liners’ initial role is to maintain the water in your pond. Meanwhile, manufacturers make the flexible liners usually called geomembranes by engineers, with various materials, each of the liners has pros and cons depending on the aquaculture ponds’ design, the aquaculture pond liners need to be temperature stable and keep good performance in the hottest and ...
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Sustainable Alternatives of Shrimp Aquaculture
Early Sustainable Aquaculture Aquaculture traces its roots back thousands of years. Local farmers and fishers have cultured fish, mollusks, and crustaceans for generations, using traditional methods and local ingenuity to improve their living conditions through low-intensity aquaculture. Though these systems produced low yields, production was sufficient to meet the needs of local residents. ...
By Vinnbio
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Current Challenges and Trends in NetPen Systems
The second installment in the series “Happy Fish - How Aquaculture Operators are Growing Better Fish.” This section outlines some of the current challenges and trends in NetPen Systems, otherwise known as open ocean systems. The global aquaculture industry is still young. It’s growing at nearly twice the rate of agriculture, and it supplies over 60 percent of the seafood we ...
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Land-Based Aquaculture: Seven Tips for Investing Successfully
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, aquaculture has become the world’s fastest growing food-producing industry, currently producing over 50 percent of consumed seafood worldwide. Out of all existing aquaculture methods, Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS), a land-based aquaculture technology, offers significant advantages. What is a Land-Based Aquaculture ...
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U.S. Aquaculture Gets Bipartisan Boost from Washington
Good news has been hard to come by the last few months amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but the United States aquaculture industry received some two weeks ago. On May 7 the White House issued an executive order aimed at “removing outdated and unnecessarily burdensome regulations” that have long hampered aquaculture efforts in the U.S. The executive order comes just two months after the ...
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What is a Split-Pond Partitioned Aquaculture System (PAS)?
What is a Split-Pond Partitioned Aquaculture System (PAS)? According to the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center, “The Partitioned Aquaculture System (PAS) developed at Clemson University combines the process control advantage of recirculating aquaculture with the lower cost of pond aquaculture.” Since then, scientists at Mississippi State University have begun to modify the original ...
By Aquasend
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How Has The Design Of Fish Feed Extruders Evolved In Time?
Fish feed extruders have come to be a crucial tool in the aquaculture industry, enabling fish farmers to produce high-grade feed that is customized to the nutritional requirements of the fish they are raising. Gradually, the layout of fish feed extruders has actually advanced significantly, driven by advances in innovation and a growing understanding of the needs of the aquaculture ...
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Land-based Aquaculture: Meeting the Challenge of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
In 2015, all United Nations Member States agreed to 17 Global Goals, officially known as the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. These goals serve as a call to action aimed at ending poverty, fighting inequality and addressing the urgency of climate change, by 2030. They are part of a broader global movement encouraging all industries — including aquaculture — to adopt more ...
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Biofloc Systems in Aquaculture: How Harnessing Beneficial Bacteria Is Revolutionizing Aquaculture
With almost eight billion people on earth, the demand for aquatic food is increasing. Aquaculture production is projected to rise from 40 million Metric Tons by 2008 to 82 million Metric Tons in 2050. Moreover, the expansion of aquaculture is also restricted due to land costs and by its strong dependence on fishmeal and fish oil. Additionally, environmental degradation and pollution have been ...
By QB Labs, LLC
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Desert Fish Farming & Waste Management
Fish Waste Disposal In Desert Farming When you think about desert farming, desert fish farming probably isn’t an activity that springs to mind. Desert farming conjures ideas of livestock grazing across dry, arid landscapes, or rows and rows of hardy, sun-worshipping crops. And yet, desert fishing is becoming increasingly popular in North Africa and the Middle East, particularly in countries ...
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Why Choose Geomembrane Anti-seepage Membrane and other Materials for Fish Pond Culture?
At present, the aquaculture industry adopts a collectivized model for raising. It is conceivable that there must be a lot of fish and shrimp excrement in the water, and the water quality is bound to be poor. In the long run, this will definitely affect the groundwater resources of the surrounding environment. To avoid this from happening, you can lay an impermeable membrane around the pond to ...
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Plastic Fish Pond Liners for Aquaculture Project in Korea - Case Study
Plastic fish pond liners are often HDPE geomembrane liners which have low permeability coefficient, anti-permeability and isolation performance, so plastic fish pond liners are widely used in aquaculture water DAMS, highways, railways, airports, tunnels, chemical mining, landfill and other fields. The thickness specification of widely used plastic fish pond liners isoften 0.2~3.0mm, the ...
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2020 Predictions for the Fish Feed industry
What does the future hold for the fish feed and aquaculture markets? Our world's population is growing more rapidly than ever before, causing strain on our ability to produce enough food for everyone, partially because of the increase in the number of people and partially because of the related loss of arable land from the same factor. At the same time, the push for a healthier diet has improved ...
By BESTMIX
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